Despite the fact that Chile is located more than 8,000 miles away from the Palestinian Territories and Israel, many Chileans have not been oblivious to the continued exchange of makeshift rockets and missiles between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas militants in the Gaza-Israel border. On Thursday November 15, netizens started circulating a call to attend a march that began in Santiago's Palestinian Stadium and ended at the Israeli Stadium: @Karina_Aravena_: @DonDatos: En minutos: Comienza la CAMINATA X GAZA desde el Club Palestino (21:00 hrs) #PalestinaLibre RT @Karina_Aravena_: @DonDatos: In minutes: The WALK FOR GAZA is starting from the Palestinian Club (21:00 hrs) #FreePalestine RT Call to protest in support of Gaza, shared via Twitter and Facebook. The march had a small turn out and did not get enough attention from the media. Hence, another protest was called for Saturday, November 17. The protest was organized by the “Comité Chileno de Solidaridad con Palestina” or Chilean Committee of Solidarity with Palestine (@conpalestina) [es]. On that day, according to CNN Chile (@cnnchile) [es], hundreds of people took to the streets in front of the Israeli Embassy in Santiago, Chile's capital, to protest Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip [es]. Chile's EMOL newspaper reported that only around seven hundred people attended the march [es]. The Israeli ambassador in Chile, David Dadonn, reacted by saying: Viene gente a manifestarse en contra de la víctima. El hecho de que Israel se defiende en legítima defensa de un hecho de provocación de Hamas para asegurar la vida de los ciudadanos no está siendo tomando en consideración. La mayoría de las personas en esta manifestación no conoce la situación real, en el terreno. A los organizadores de esa manifestación, no se les verá nunca frente a la embajada de Siria aunque la represión del Gobierno sirio llegó a 39 mil muertos civiles y de oposición según el conteo oficial de la ONU, pero ellos sí vienen inmediatamente a la de Israel después de 14 muertos palestinos por razón de la provocación de Hamas. People here come to protest against the victim. That fact that Israel is acting in legitimate defense in reaction to a provocation by Hamas in order to protect the lives of [its] citizens is not being considered. Most of these people in the protest do not know the real situation in the field. One will never see the organizers of this protest in front of the Syrian Embassy, though repression by the Syrian government left 39 thousand civilians and opposition members dead, according to the official count of the UN, but they do come to the Israeli Embassy after 14 palestinians are dead because of the provocation by Hamas. He prompted many reactions from citizens in social media when he referred to the organizers of the protest in the following terms [es]: Son enemigos profesionales de Israel que esperan cualquier oportunidad para venir a manifestar su odio al estado de Israel, no importa las circunstancias. They are professional enemies of Israel that await for any opportunity to come and profess their hatred towards the Israeli state, no matter the circumstances. During the day, Chileans had been discussing the issue through social media. The Twitter account for Difamadores (@Difamadores) [es], a satirical group of TV presenters who demand political reform, tweeted: @Difamadores: Te pasaste!! Embajador israelí en Chile por manifestación pro Palestina: “Son enemigos profesionales de Israel”http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional… @Difamadores: You crossed the line!! Israeli Ambassador in Chile on pro Palestinian protest: “They are professional enemies of Israel.”http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional… Pablo Lira (@pablolirar) [es], a political scientist from Chile's Catholic University, said: @pablolirar: Ojalá algún día haya ‘paz’ entre Israel y Palestina! @pablolirar: I hope that one day there will be “peace” between Israel and Palestine! Cristian Mauricio (@negromartínez) [es] asked people to keep Palestinian children in their thoughts: @negromartínez: Buenas noches para tod@s y antes de dormir ojalá recordemos a todos los niños que sufren en #Gaza la violencia de Israel, paz para Palestina @negromartínez: Good night everyone. Before going to bed, I hope we keep all the children suffering in #Gaza from Israel's violence in our thoughts. Peace for Palestine. Marcelo Hilsenrad (@mhilsenrad) [es] took a more critical view of Hamas: @mhilsenrad: Mientras el mundo siga apoyando a los terroristas de Hamas, pierde Palestina, Abbas, Israel y todo el planeta @mhilsenrad: As long as the world continues to support Hamas terrorists, Palestine, Abbas, Israel and the whole planet will loose.